to the music of (A)the lute and (B)the harp,
    to the melody of (C)the lyre.

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to the music of the ten-stringed lyre(A)
    and the melody of the harp.(B)

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Give thanks to the Lord with the (A)lyre;
    make melody to him with (B)the harp of (C)ten strings!

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Praise the Lord with the harp;(A)
    make music to him on the ten-stringed lyre.(B)

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25 (A)the singers in front, (B)the musicians last,
    between them (C)virgins playing tambourines:

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25 In front are the singers,(A) after them the musicians;(B)
    with them are the young women playing the timbrels.(C)

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Dedication of the Wall

27 And at (A)the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites in all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem to celebrate the dedication with gladness, with thanksgivings and with singing, (B)with cymbals, harps, and lyres.

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Dedication of the Wall of Jerusalem

27 At the dedication(A) of the wall of Jerusalem, the Levites were sought out from where they lived and were brought to Jerusalem to celebrate joyfully the dedication with songs of thanksgiving and with the music of cymbals,(B) harps and lyres.(C)

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and one third shall be at the king's house and one third at the Gate of the Foundation. And all the people shall be in the courts of the house of the Lord.

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a third of you at the royal palace and a third at the Foundation Gate, and all the others are to be in the courtyards of the temple of the Lord.

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And David and all Israel were celebrating before God with all their might, with song and (A)lyres and harps and tambourines and cymbals and trumpets.

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David and all the Israelites were celebrating with all their might before God, with songs and with harps, lyres, timbrels, cymbals and trumpets.(A)

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16 The Lord has made himself (A)known; he has executed judgment;
    the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. Higgaion.[a] Selah

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 9:16 Probably a musical or liturgical term

16 The Lord is known by his acts of justice;
    the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 9:16 The Hebrew has Higgaion and Selah (words of uncertain meaning) here; Selah occurs also at the end of verse 20.

After that you shall come to (A)Gibeath-elohim,[a] (B)where there is a garrison of the Philistines. And there, as soon as you come to the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down (C)from the high place with harp, tambourine, flute, and lyre before them, prophesying.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 10:5 Gibeath-elohim means the hill of God

“After that you will go to Gibeah(A) of God, where there is a Philistine outpost.(B) As you approach the town, you will meet a procession of prophets(C) coming down from the high place(D) with lyres, timbrels,(E) pipes(F) and harps(G) being played before them, and they will be prophesying.(H)

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Praise him with (A)trumpet sound;
    praise him with (B)lute and (C)harp!
Praise him with (D)tambourine and (E)dance;
    praise him with (F)strings and (G)pipe!
Praise him with sounding (H)cymbals;
    praise him with loud clashing cymbals!

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Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet,(A)
    praise him with the harp and lyre,(B)
praise him with timbrel and dancing,(C)
    praise him with the strings(D) and pipe,(E)
praise him with the clash of cymbals,(F)
    praise him with resounding cymbals.

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Let them praise his name with (A)dancing,
    making melody to him with (B)tambourine and (C)lyre!

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Let them praise his name with dancing(A)
    and make music to him with timbrel and harp.(B)

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Raise a song; sound (A)the tambourine,
    (B)the sweet lyre with (C)the harp.
Blow the trumpet at (D)the new moon,
    at the full moon, on our feast day.

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Begin the music, strike the timbrel,(A)
    play the melodious harp(B) and lyre.(C)

Sound the ram’s horn(D) at the New Moon,(E)
    and when the moon is full, on the day of our festival;

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    (A)Awake, (B)my glory![a]
Awake, (C)O harp and lyre!
    I will awake the dawn!

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  1. Psalm 57:8 Or my whole being

Awake, my soul!
    Awake, harp and lyre!(A)
    I will awaken the dawn.

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25 (A)And he stationed the Levites in the house of the Lord with cymbals, harps, and lyres, (B)according to the commandment of David and of Gad (C)the king's seer and of (D)Nathan the prophet, for the commandment was from the Lord through his prophets.

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25 He stationed the Levites in the temple of the Lord with cymbals, harps and lyres in the way prescribed by David(A) and Gad(B) the king’s seer and Nathan the prophet; this was commanded by the Lord through his prophets.

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